Improvement in stoppers for bottles



Unire@ STATES Farrar Ormes.

M. C. CRONK, OF AUBURN, NEV YORK.`

IMPROVEMENT IN STOPPERS FOR BOTTLES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent NoA 20,77, dated July 6, 1858.

L/o all whom, it may concern,.-

Be it known that l, MUNsoN C. CRoNK, of Auburn, in the county of Cayuga and State of New York, have invented a new and useful improvement in faucets or stoppers forl bottles designed to contain mineral water, beer, and othereerveseent liquids, and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the same, ret'- erence being had to the accompanying drawings, making part of this specification.

Figure lis a section of a mineral-water bettle, with the improved faucet or stopple attached. Fig. 2is a top view of the same,with the screw-cap removed. Fig. 3 is aseetion of the neck of a bottle and faucet or stopple in an inclined position, with the screw-cap partially unscrewed to allow the escape of the water therefrom.

Similar letters in the figures refer to corresponding parts.

The nature of this invention and improve ment consists in enlarging the mouth of the neck of the bottle and attaching thereto a` metallic tube orn the form of a frustum of a cone, having a cylindrical tube east concentrically around its upper portion, on which is screwed a cap, in such a manner as to enable a part or thc whole of the effervescent liquid in the bottle to escape from a tube in the side of'the cylindrical tube by partially unscrewing the cap, or the liquid to be closely confined in the bottle by screwing the cap upon the tube and pressing the packing on its under surface upon the upper edge of the inner tapering tube.

To enable others skilled in the art to make and use my invention, l will proceed to describe its construction and the manner of operating the same.

The inner tapering tube, A, may be made in the form of a frustum of a cone or flaring after the manner of atrunipet, as represented, and its larger end is inserted in the enlarged space B, formed in the mouth or neck of the bottle C. rlhis enlarged space B is also made in the form of a frustum of a cone, t-he neck of the bottle having a shoulder at this part to admit of its inner enlargement, the upper and smaller end of the same being equal in diameter to the larger end of the tube A, to admit of its insertion in the space, in which it is secured with .its edge resting on the shoulder D in the neck of the bottle formed by the space, by any suitable cement poured or run into the space between the lower portion of the periphery of the tube and the periphery of the said space.

The cylindrical tubcE is cast or otherwise attachedto the tube A, and extends upward from its periphery to within an eighth of a-n inch, more or less, of the top edge ofthe inner tube, A, so as to leave a coneentricspaee between the two tubes A E, which has an outlet through a tube, F, secured to the side of the outer. tube, E. On the upper end of this cylindrical tube E is screwed a cap, G, having an elastic or leat-her washer secured to its inner flat surface, and a serrated flange formed on its sides,for enabling it to be turned between the forefinger and thumb, to either screw the leather washer firmly upon the up per edge of the .inner tapering tube, A, or to unscrew and raise the same therefrom, and open a passage-way betweensaid upper edge and the cap, to allow the escape of the effer- Veseent liquid from the bottle. Then the bottle is turned to the position represented in Fig. 3, with the tube F over the tumbler or other vessel into which the effcrvescent liquid is to be discharged, the cap G can be unscrewed to admit the required quantity to flow over the edge of the inner tube, A, and between it and the under packing of the cap G and through the space between the two tubes A E, and in the event of any of the liquid still remaining in the bottle the cap can be again screwed tightly upon the edge of the tube A, so as to etfectually stopple the bottle and keep its contents free from the exterior air. This characteristic is peculiarly desirable in beer-bottles, as through it a glass or a portion of a glass of the liquid can be drawn and the atmosphere readily excluded from the portion remaining in the bottle, so as to prevent the evaporation of its effervescent properties, and its deterioration by the contact ot' the air.

When it is desired to either fill or clean the bottle, the cap G is taken from the tube E, which admits of these operations being performed in precisely the'same manner as the filling and cleaning of bottles, without this iniproved form of faucet or stopple.

What I claim as new, and desire to secure F, attached to its sides in the manner and for by Letters Patent, isthe purpose herein described.

AttaehimT t0-the necks of bottles and With- T in a tapering space, B, a tapering Or Haring MUASON C' CRONK' tube, A', having aconcentric cylindrical tube, l Witnesses: E, cast Or secured around the same, with a HORACE T. COOK, cap, G, screwed On its top, andan Outlet-tube, H. G. FOWLER. 

